peanut noodle bowl with sesame-crusted tofu | Mise

if you don't like tofu, you're probably just cooking it wrong. your second recipe of the week!

Jul 16, 2025

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In your second Mise recipe of the week, I hope to make you a tofu believer. They say it can’t be done, but I say it can. I understand that tofu is likely misunderstood (by you) (and most people) but I hope to change its reputation in your eyes with this recipe…

Tofu is a blank canvas of sorts - and can, against most peoples’ odds, be made delicious primarily through a great marinade, HEAT, and an accompanying sauce and/or crust. This is just my truth. I totally understand why you would rather eat just about everything else. But that changes, here and today.

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This Peanut Noodle Bowl is made with buckwheat-brown rice noodles (I’m linking the ones I used here) but you can also use your favorite soba, brown rice, or even a kelp noodle should you choose. The peanut sauce is creamy, spicy, and sweet, and I like to make this bowl with fresh veg like carrots and cabbage and hit it with some lime, cilantro, and avocado at the end for some green freshness. It. is. divine. !

I’m seriously obsessed with this recipe. I made it for my best friend this weekend who was sick and I dropped it off at her door as a care meal, and she loved it…it’s comforting, hearty, yet still light fresh and delicious - perfect for summer when you want to be nourished but also need veggies.